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Finnforest 
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 Topic: "If you lived in the suburbs, you were issued it."
Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:17 |
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I believe Wayne Campbell said of Rumours, if you lived in the suburbs...you were issued it. 10 classic albums we sometimes ridicule.....but we've all heard them. Is there one that still turns your crank?
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:18 |
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Boston's debut, definitely. Styx's isn't bad either, but I easily prefer their earlier stuff.
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:22 |
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For me, it's between Lindsay Buckingham's amazing production talents at crafting quality pop-rock, Billy Joel's finest songwriting, and Ann Wilson's amazing voice over Fisher/Derosier (sp) jamming.
I gotta go with Heart.
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:23 |
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Tough list. Came down between Fleetwood Mac and Eagles. Went with Eagles.
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:26 |
 Finnforest wrote:
I believe Wayne Campbell said of Rumours, if you lived in the suburbs...you were issued it. 10 classic albums we sometimes ridicule.....but we've all heard them. Is there one that still turns your crank?
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I think he said it about Frampton Comes Alive, actually. 
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:26 |
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Oh, and I used to wear Boston out. Still do sometimes.
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:27 |
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 18:37 |
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Rumours all the way. Wonderful album, and almost every song is a gem.
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ClemofNazareth
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 19:01 |
Close call between Rumours and Dreamboat Annie. Have to go with the Wilson sisters though; too many good memories with that one 
Good list though, but I'd have gone with Head Games for Foreigner and Pieces of Eight for Styx. Useless trivia - Rumours is the album that kept Kansas' Leftoverture from making it to #1 on the Billboard charts in the spring of 1977. Kansas peaked at #2.
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"Peace is the only battle worth waging."
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stonebeard
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 19:20 |
Finnforest wrote:
but we've all heard them. |
I've only gleaned Rumours and heard a few songs off Born to Run. 
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 19:24 |
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in Bob's boat... comes down to a death match between Rumours and Dreamboat Annie.
gotta go with Dreamboat Annie... just a bit more bite in it ... but oh those are such classic albums..
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 20:36 |
Boston's debut. I just spun it the other day, in fact! One of my very first purchases and still one of my favorite. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside 
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 20:40 |
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Billy Joel doesn't have a vote yet, now he does
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 20:51 |
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Rumours and Dreamboat Annie are the only ones I've ever heard. I only really liked 'The Chain' off Rumours (probably due to a part of it being used by the BBC for their F1 Grand Prix theme), but Dreamboat is one of my most treasured possesions - I played it so much that I wore-out the first LP I bought, the replacement didn't have the gatefold cover, so I replaced that with a mint copy I found in a secondhand shop, and then as soon as it was re-issued on CD I bought it again (I read somewhere that the recent remastered version is heavily compressed, so I've avoided it) - I haven't got the live version yet, but will one day.
Edited by Dean - March 07 2009 at 20:53
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 21:20 |
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Dean, you HAVE to hear the recent live DVD of Dreamboat, where they play the entire album cover to cover. It is beyond stunning how good they still sound.
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 07:50 |
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Dreamboat Annie is a classic. What's there to ridicule about it?
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Dean
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 07:59 |
^ good question. 
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What?
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June
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:18 |
Rumours for me. It's a fun album.
I'm somewhere between hate and indifference with all the other bands.
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Finnforest
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 09:25 |
Dean wrote:
^ good question. |
No, not really. I said *sometimes* and I believe most people knew what I meant, that occasionally these bands get some heat for being over exposed, as the Wayne Campbell quote at the top suggests. I think maybe Roc was just looking for something to be contrary about today.
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 15:56 |
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Born to Run is the only goodie on there.
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